Elaine Avila

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Elaine Avila is a Canadian-American playwright, screenwriter, educator, and dramaturge.^[1] As a playwright, her works have been produced all over the world, in places like Panama, New York City, Lisbon, the Azores, Los Angeles, Santa Cruz, London, Toronto, Seattle, Vancouver and Victoria.^[2] Her works have been noted for "frequently incorporating music, politics, and humor." Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks has described Avila as a "wonderful writer, tremendously gifted, reliable and innovative".^[3]